1. He got his start fronting a band in which each member had the first name of a sex symbol and the last name of a serial killer.

• You forgot all about Daisy Berkowitz, Gidget Gein, and Madonna Wayne-Gacy, didn't you?: +2

2. He's released such controversial albums as Antichrist Superstar and Holy Wood (In the Valley of the Shadow of Death).

• For proving that nothing will shock America out of its complacent stupor like a good pun: +1

3. His official website offers fans updates on new merchandise, such as concert t-shirts sporting thought-provoking koans like "I Hate Love. I Love Hate."

• For proving that no one ever went broke cashing in on the American adolescent's mix of rebelliousness and simple-mindedness: +3

4. He's rumoured to have portrayed Paul on The Wonder Years.

• If only: -1

5. His latest album, Holy Wood, has dropped off Billboard's top 100.

• For proving that, when all is said and done, funny contact lenses will only get you so far: -2

Mate Rating » 1 out of 10

When Stars Mate: The Methodology

When you're a fully-fledged celebrity, doing nothing in your spare time but appearing on talk shows and soaking up free champagne at movie premieres, it stands to reason that the only people you ever meet are other celebrities. Hence: The All-Celebrity Hook-up, which very often makes a successful transition to The All-Celebrity Relationship.

The problem is, if you're a celebrity, the odds are that your worth, and that of your mate's, will never be evenly matched. Therefore, when you meet and fall in love with another celebrity, either your worth, or that of your mate, will necessarily go down.

When Stars Mate is a service of Fametracker for celebrities dating, or married to, other celebrities. Fametracker will use this space to determine who in current celeb/celeb pairings has gained by the relationship, who has lost, and how the balance of power could be altered.

1. She first came to our attention in 1995 in Gregg Araki's nihilistic The Doom Generation.

• For quickly positioning herself as Hollywood's spooky, alternative wild child: +5

2. She followed up with roles in Bio-Dome, Going All The Way, and Sleeping Beauties.

• For parlaying that rep into a string of movies now showing at 2 AM on your local FOX affiliate: -1

3. Since Scream in 1996, her most high-profile role is in Jawbreaker, an unwatchable ersatz Heathers.

• For combining the words "most high-profile role" and "Jawbreaker" in the same sentence: -1

4. She once posed on the cover of Maxim.

• For proving that even spooky, alternative wild children need a little cheap publicity to keep it rolling: -1

5. She is best known for showing up at an MTV awards show in spidery, ass-revealing dress.

• Okay, a lot of cheap publicity: -1

Mate Rating » 3 out of 10

Really, there are no winners in this break-up, only a lingering sense of ennui; after all, if Rose McGowan and Marilyn Manson can't make it work, what hope is there for the rest of us? Given Manson's dwindling ability to incite cheap outrage ("Look at me, America! This time I'm wearing a latex bodysuit with boobies... and a penis on my forehead! Can you believe it? And did I mention I hate you all?") and the fact that Rose McGowan has now officially gone from Marilyn Manson's Girlfriend to the Woman Most likely to Star in the Next Installment of the Poison Ivy Franchise, in terms of career repercussions, we'll have to call this one a dead heat, with the emphasis on dead.